Homemakers

Titus 2:3-5-"the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed." NKJV

If I haven't lost a lot of friends from the last posts I've done about alcohol and how you dress then this one is probably going to do it.  Let me just point out that I did not write this.  God has it in the bible because HE wanted it there.  I'm just the messenger, don't shoot me!

Homemaker.....

Just to be on the safe side, lets look up the other versions of this verse.

NIV says "to be busy at home"
The Message says "keep a good house"
NLT says "to work in their homes"

Do we care to argue about which translation is right so we can go about our lives without having to change anything?  I don't.

I feel I must add here for those of you who do not know me that I am a Stay-At-Home-Mom.  I do feel that is the ideal situation for pre-school aged children.  I do believe God designed us mothers to be their first teachers in all things that will carry them throughout the rest of their lives.  Such as what is right and wrong, manners, basic school (colors, shapes, numbers, letters), how to clean a home and guide them in the direction that God has for them.  I am not saying that everyone should do it.  I know several mothers who could not handle staying home with their children all the time and the better situation was for them to be in childcare somewhere else for at least a few hours a day.  I know several mothers who can not afford to stay home with their children (which is a topic of debate for another blog post).   

The bible makes it pretty clear where God wants us to be.  In the house, cleaning it.  Which is so basic.  I tell my kids "If you want to go do anything extra, you need to take care of the basics first which is cleaning your room and cleaning yourself.  Then we can go do other things".  I think God feels the same way with us.  First make sure everything is in order in your home.  I do not think that means cleanliness necessarily, but just part of it. 

Our jobs as women is to keep the house.  We make the home.  We make the home a safe place where our husband and kids can go to for love and comfort.  We show that in caring for our loved ones (laundry, clean linen, homemade meals, good conversations).  Being available for them for errands, homework, chauffeuring, games, stories, crafts.  If we work outside the home we need to make sure all those basics are still taken care of.  If you have all those basics covered and you feel God is leading you to a job that takes you outside of your home then go in peace to that job.  God will give you the strength to be the wife, mom, and employee if He wants that for you.  

I know I  touched a nerve with some who wish to ignore this part of the bible.  Talk to me about it.  Do you find something else in the bible that makes you see these verses differently than what I'm posting today?